The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-12

rible abyss. 80 that In this world we arc only
keying up the harp OF Il rapture, or forging
the chain Of Il bondage. And standing before
you to-day, with life ON the Que side and death
on the other; song on the one side aud gronil-
ing on the other; mansions on the one side
and dungeons on the other; heaven on Inc one
side and hell on the other-I put 10 you the
question OF the text: "llow old nrt thou"
Toward what destiny are you tending aud how
fast are you getting on toward III
Again: remark that there are MANI who
estimate their life ON earth by their sorrows
and their misfortunes. Through great many
OF your lives the plow-share hath gone very
deep, turning up terrible furrow. You have
been betrayed and misrepresented and set
upon, and slapped OF impertlnence, and
pounded Of misfortune. The brightest life
must have Its shadows and the smooihest path
Its thorns. On the happicst brood the hawk
pounces. No escape from trouble OF some
kind. While glorious John Milton was losing
his eyesight, he heard that Salmasus was glad
OF It. While Sheridans comedy was being
enacted In Drury Lane theater, Cumberland,
his enemy, sat growing at 1t in the stagebox
While Bishop Cooper was surrounded by the
favor OF learned men his wife took his lexicon
manuscript, the result of long life Of anxiety
and toll, and threw It into the fire.
MIsroRTUNEs NO FIT MEASURE.
Misfortune, trial, vexation for almost every.
one. Pope, applauded OF all the world has
stoop In the shoulder that annoys him so
much that he has tunnel dug, so that he may
20 unobserved from garden TO grotto and from
grotto TO garden. Cano, the famous Spanish
artist, is Disguised with the cruciiix that the
priest holds before him because II is such a
poor specimen of sculpture. And SO, some
times through taste and sometimes through
learned menace, and sometimes through ply
steal dstresses, aye, In ten thousand ways,
troubles come TO harass and annoy. And yet
II Is unfair to measure mans life by his mis-
L.. IL 1T
night shade there are fifty marigolds and hare
bells; where there is one cloud thunder
charged there are hundreds that stray across
the heavens, the glory Of land and sky asleep
In their bosom. Because death came and
took your child away did you Immediately for
get all the five years, or the ten years, or the
fifteen years In which she came every night for
kiss, oil the tones Of your heart pealing
forth at the sound OF her voice or the soft
touch Of her handi Because In some financial
Euroclyden your fortune went into the break
ers did you forget all these years In which the
luxuries and extravagances Of life showcred
on your pathway Alas that Is an unwise
man, an ungrateful man, an unfair man, an
uuphilosophic man, and most OF all, ali I'M
christian man. who measures his life ON earth
bv groans and tears, and dyspeptlc ut, and
abuse, and scorn, and terror, and neuralgia
thrust
THE TRUE VALUE OF MONEY.
Again: remark that there are many peo-
pe who estimate their life on earth by the
amount OF money they have accumulated.
They say: "The year 1865, or 1870, or 1886
was wasted. Why! Made no money" Now,
It is all cant and insincerlty to talk against
money as though 1t had no value. 1t is refine
ment, and education, and ten thousand blessed
surroundings. 1t ia the spreading Of the ia
BILE that feeds your childreu's hunger. II is
the making OF the bed on which you rest from
care aud anxiety. II is the carrying out at
last Of you TO decent sepulture. and the putting
up OF the slab on which Is chiseled the story
OF your Christian hope. 1t is simple hypocrisy,
this TRADE In pulpit and lecutre ball against
money, as though IL had no uses. II q hands,
and feet, and sails, and ten thousand grand aud
glorious enterprises. But while all this Is so,
he who uses money, or thinks OF money as
anything but a means 70 an end Will find out
his mistake when the gllttering treasures slip
out Of his nerveless grasp and he goes out OF
this world without a shilling Of money or
certificate Of stock. He might better have
been the Christian porter that opened bis gate
or the begrilned workman who last night heav-
ed&he coal into his cellar. Bonds, and mort
cages, and leases have their use, but they
make a poor yardstick with which TO measure
life. They that boast themselves In their
wealth and trust on the multitude OF their
riches, none Of them can, by any means, re-
deem his brother, nor give TO God ransom
for him, that he should not see corruption
"Wise men die likewise the fool and the
british person perish, and leave their wealth
to others"
MEASURING LIFE BY GOOD Aors.
But remark: There are many! wish there
were more-who estimate their life by their
moral and spiritual development IL IL not
sin full egotism for Christian man to say, ~
am purer than used TO be. ! am more conse-
Grated TO Christ than used TO be- have got
over a great many OF the bad habits In which
used TO indulge. ] am great deal better
IN an than used to be-" There Is no sinful
egotism In that IL Is not base egousm ior
soldier to say: II know more about military
tactics than used to before took musket
In my hand and learned to present arms ana